Saturday, May 12, 2012

International ME/CFS Awareness Day 2012

Today is International CFS/ME Awareness Day. Whether you have ME/CFS or
have a sick friend or family member, here are some simple things you
can do to help educate the world and help promote research for CFS,
even if you can't leave your house:

You and your friends and family can also donate money to help fund
badly-needed CFS research. I know the economy has been rough lately, but
you could always do what we've done and just switch some of your
charitable giving from other organizations to the CFIDS Association or other ME/CFS organization of your choice.

You can also donate to CFS research without spending any extra money by using a shopping donation site or links like:

Hey Sue - I figured out how to have the option for followers to get your new posts by email - you go into the Layout Section and it will show your blog settings then click on the blue GADGET and you can add - email sign up.

Thanks for the brilliant information. It's so important to educate people about M.E. For ages when I first became sick I hated talking about it because I felt like people would think I was complaining, lying, exaggerating...but now I realise that giving people information is the only way to help them understand :-)

I have had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS or CFIDS) since March 2002. My 19-year old and 16-year old sons also have CFS, and my older son also has Lyme disease plus two other tick infections. This blog is about how our family is learning to live with chronic illness, with a focus on living and enjoying our lives in spite of these challenges.